About Tucker Cemetery
Tucker Cemetery is a cemetery near Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia. It lies about 9.1 mi south of Amherst. The grounds sit at about 922 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1488003. The nearest other listed cemetery is Steele Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Byrum-Parr Funeral Home Inc in Roseland, about 6.7 mi away. It is one of 45 cemeteries we list in Amherst County, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Amherst County dates to 1850.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Amherst. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.71461, -79.08564
What Tucker Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Steele CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery0.7 mi
- Fulcher CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery1.0 mi
- Carpenter CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery1.1 mi
- Loving CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery1.2 mi
- Beard CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery1.6 mi
- Mays CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery2.0 mi
- Thompson CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery2.3 mi
- Campbell CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery2.3 mi
- Harvey CemeteryLovingston, VACemetery2.6 mi
- Parr CemeteryAmherst, VACemetery2.6 mi
Funeral homes near Tucker Cemetery
- Byrum-Parr Funeral Home Inc6.7 miFuneral home · Roseland · (434) 277-5194
- Driskill Funeral Chapel8.4 miFuneral chapel · Amherst · (434) 946-5529
- Wells/Sheffield Funeral Chapel12 miFuneral chapel · Lovingston · (434) 263-4097
- Lomax Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Buena Vista · (540) 261-6585
- Bolling, Grose, and Lotts Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Buena Vista · (540) 261-5510
- Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory17 miCremation provider · Madison Heights · (434) 929-0055
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.